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Thai and Lao youths expect ASEAN Community to improve cooperation in education
BANGKOK, April 28 (TNA) - Thai and Lao youths have said that the ASEAN Community will help improve the education system in Laos. The Lao government is seriously improving educational services and has begun running student exchanges to share knowledge and boost relations.
Boonmak Suliya, director of the Demonstration Secondary School under the Faculty of Education of the National University of Laos, said that if the ASEAN Community is successfully established in 2015, Laos will expect support for agricultural education so that Lao people, who are mainly farmers, can apply modern technology to improve agriculture in their country.
Subundit Parnsombat, a fourth-year student from Mae Fah Luang University of Thailand who has joined a Thai-Lao exchange camp on April 23-28, said the ASEAN Community would promote equality among ASEAN members and that he had learned at the camp that Thailand could help Laos improve its educational services in numerous areas as Lao students had considerable demands for educational services.
Anudthida Polsawat, a third-year economics student of the National University of Laos who is participating in the camp programme, said that educational demands varied in Laos from family to family, depending on their background, status and occupations. Some rural parents limit the study of their children because they want their children to help them work. However, she confirmed that Lao people in general wanted better education. She said they watched Thai television programs and learned both positive and negative lessons before adding that Lao people including schoolgirls maintained their traditions and conventional lifestyles such as the traditional dress.
There are 1,700 students and 50 teachers at the Demonstration Secondary School under the Faculty of Education of the National University of Laos. The public school needs more buildings to admit more students. There are French-language classes in addition to English ones. However, some private schools do not teach French. The highest education service in Laos is the master degree. Laos also receives scholarships from other countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and Japan.
The Thai-Lao student exchange camp consists of 30 students from each country. The students have jointly conducted activities to boost relations, exchange knowledge and cultures and build a multi-purpose building at the school. (TNA)
Boonmak Suliya, director of the Demonstration Secondary School under the Faculty of Education of the National University of Laos, said that if the ASEAN Community is successfully established in 2015, Laos will expect support for agricultural education so that Lao people, who are mainly farmers, can apply modern technology to improve agriculture in their country.
Subundit Parnsombat, a fourth-year student from Mae Fah Luang University of Thailand who has joined a Thai-Lao exchange camp on April 23-28, said the ASEAN Community would promote equality among ASEAN members and that he had learned at the camp that Thailand could help Laos improve its educational services in numerous areas as Lao students had considerable demands for educational services.
Anudthida Polsawat, a third-year economics student of the National University of Laos who is participating in the camp programme, said that educational demands varied in Laos from family to family, depending on their background, status and occupations. Some rural parents limit the study of their children because they want their children to help them work. However, she confirmed that Lao people in general wanted better education. She said they watched Thai television programs and learned both positive and negative lessons before adding that Lao people including schoolgirls maintained their traditions and conventional lifestyles such as the traditional dress.
There are 1,700 students and 50 teachers at the Demonstration Secondary School under the Faculty of Education of the National University of Laos. The public school needs more buildings to admit more students. There are French-language classes in addition to English ones. However, some private schools do not teach French. The highest education service in Laos is the master degree. Laos also receives scholarships from other countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and Japan.
The Thai-Lao student exchange camp consists of 30 students from each country. The students have jointly conducted activities to boost relations, exchange knowledge and cultures and build a multi-purpose building at the school. (TNA)
